Show stand

ABSTRACT

A show stand is disclosed. The show stand comprises at least a main board, a set of display parts and a set of securing elements. The main board comprises a plurality of slots. Each display parts comprises a plurality of tongues and each tongue has a securing slot, wherein the tongues of said set of display parts can be inserted into the corresponding slots from a display side of said main board such the tongues protrude out of an assembling side of the main board opposite to the display side thereof. The securing elements are adapted for removably inserting into the securing slots of the tongues protruding out of the assembly side of the main board to securely assemble the display parts on the main board.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a show stand, and more particularly toa show stand that can be easily constructed using various assemblyparts, and which can be constructed in various size and shape.

2. Description of the Related Art

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional show stand. Referring toFIG. 1, a hook 71 positioned on a bracket 70 of a display board 60 isfitted into the supporting element 52 of the stand 50 to securely fixthe display board 60 on the stand 50. The stand 50 comprises a chassis51 for support erecting the whole structure. However, the conventionalshow stand is made of hard metallic material in order to reinforce thestructure, and therefore, it is heavy, inconvenient to assemble andexpensive. Thus, the conventional show stand is not attractive to theusers. Furthermore, the chassis 51 of the stand 50 which is used tosupport the whole structure may be subject to stress or torque forcewhich may cause instability that may deform show stand.

Furthermore, the stand can only extend with the connected parts in ahorizontal or vertical direction without any other attractive size andshapes. Because the display of products is very important, and if theshops always have same type of show stand, the consumers may not beattracted. Therefore, how to reduce the cost and as well as simplify theassembling process and produce more varieties of attractive shapes ofshow stands to attract the consumers are important issues for themanufacturers in the field.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a show stand which iseasy to assemble and in various attractive size and shapes. The showstand of the present invention can be detachably assembled, andtherefore can be easily dissembled and transported to any locations.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the show standcomprises at least a main board, a set of display parts and a set ofsecuring elements. The main board comprises a plurality of slots. Eachdisplay parts comprises a plurality of tongues and each tongue has asecuring slot, wherein the tongues of said set of display parts can beinserted into the corresponding slots from a display side of said mainboard such the tongues protrude out of an assembling side of the mainboard opposite to the display side thereof. The securing elements areadapted for removably inserting into the securing slots of the tonguesprotruding out of the assembly side of the main board to securelyassemble the display parts on the main board. Thus, the presentinvention provides a much more comprehensive assembly parts forconstructing attractive show stand of various size and shape that can beeasily assembled together.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

For a more complete understanding of the present invention, referencewill now be made to the following detailed description of preferredembodiments taken in conjunction with the following accompanyingdrawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional show stand.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a single sided show stand according to afirst preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a single sided show stand according to thefirst preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a double sided show stand according to asecond preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a double sided show stand according to thesecond preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a four sided show stand according to athird preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a four sided structure according to thethird preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a long line show stand according to afourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing assembly of a T shaped plate on a assembly sideof a main board according to a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing assembly of securing elements according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing before assembling the main boardsaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing after assembling to the mainboards before plugging T shaped plate according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing after assembling to the mainboards after plugging the T shaped plate according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a single sided show stand according to afirst preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is anexploded view of a single sided show stand according to the firstpreferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 2 and3, the show stand comprises two main boards 10 each having a pluralityof slots 11, a set of the display parts 20, and a set of securingelements 30. The display parts 20 may be detachably fixed to thecorresponding slots 11 formed on the main board 10 and the securingelements 30 may be used to securely assemble the main board 10 and thedisplay parts 20 together to form a prototype show stand, or thesecuring elements 30 may be used to securely the assemble the main board10 to another main board 10.

The display parts 20 comprises, for example but not limited to, a bottomfoldable deck 221, a hanging board 262 and two wings 24. Each of thedisplay parts comprises a plurality of tongues 21, wherein each tongue21 has a securing slot 211. To assemble the display parts 20 and themain boards 10 together to form a show stand, first, the tongues 21 ofthe bottom foldable deck 221 may be penetrated through the correspondingslots 11 on the main board 10 from the display side 14 until the tongues21 protrude out of the assembly side 15 of the main board 10. Next, theT shape plate 311 of the securing elements 30 may be plugged into thesecuring slots 211 of the tongues 21 on the assembly side 15 of the mainboard 10 in order to secure the bottom foldable deck 221 to the mainboard 10, as shown in FIG. 9. Likewise, other display parts 20 such asthe hanging board 262, the wings 24 and the bottom foldable deck 221 maybe assembled to the main board 10. Furthermore, the tongues 21 of thewing 24 protruding from the assembling side 15 of the main board 10 maybe inserted into the slit 321 of a securing box 32 of the securingelement 30 to position the tongues 21 protruding out of the inner side322 of the securing box 32. The assembling side 15 of the main board 10may be jointed to the securing box 32 by fitting the tongue 331 of thesecuring element 33 into the corresponding slits 11 and 321 to furtherprotrude the tongue 331 out of the inner side 332 of the securing box32. The C-shaped plate 312 of the securing element 30 may be insertedinto the slits 11 and 321 of the folding side 13 of the second mainboard 10 from the first main board 10, and the B-shaped plate 313 may befitted into the top side, the hole 12 and the bottom side of theassembling side 15 of the first and second main boards 10 for embeddingthe C-shaped plate 312 of the securing element 30, and also fit theT-shape plate 311 of the securing element 30 into slits 211 and 3311 ofthe tongues 21 and 331 until they protrude from the inner side 322 ofthe securing box 32 securing the first and second main boards 10 tocomplete the assembly to form the show stand shown in FIG. 2. Thus, allthe components may be easily and quickly assembled to form theattractive show stand.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a double sided show stand according to asecond preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is anexploded view of a double sided show stand according to the secondpreferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 4 and5, the show stand of the second embodiment comprises two main boards 10,each having a plurality of slots 11, two set of display parts 20, eachhaving a plurality of tongues 21 to fit into the corresponding slots 11of the main boards 10 and two set of securing elements 30 for securelyassembling main boards 10 and the display parts 20 together to form adouble sided attractive show stand shown in FIG. 4.

Each set of display parts 20 are similar to those described above withreference to the first embodiment except for additional small boards231, large board 232 and medium board 233, and the two sets of displayparts may be assembled together with the main boards 10 using thesecuring elements 30 as described above exclusive securing element 33.Furthermore, two sets of the display parts 20 respectively secured onthe display sides 14 of the two main board 10 facing in the oppositedirection as shown in FIG. 10 may be assembled to form an attractiveshow stand shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a four sided show stand according to athird preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is anexploded view of a four sided structure according to the third preferredembodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7 the showstand of the third embodiment comprises four main boards 10, each havinga plurality of slots 11, four set of display parts 20, each having aplurality of tongues 21 to fit into the corresponding slots 11 of themain boards 10 and four set of securing elements 30 for securelyassembling main boards 10 and the display parts 20 together to form afour sided attractive show stand shown in FIG. 6.

Each set of display parts 20 are similar to those described above withreference to the first embodiment except the hanging board (262) isreplaced by the poster board 25 and the bottom foldable deck (221) bythe bottom deck 222, and the four sets of display parts may be assembledtogether with four main boards 10 respectively by using the securingelements 30 as described above. Two main boards 10 may be assembledtogether using appropriate securing elements 30 as shown in FIGS. 11, 12and 13 such that two main boards 10 are positioned perpendicular to eachother. Likewise, four main boards 10 may be assembled togetherpositioned perpendicular to each other. Next, four sets of the displayparts 20 may be respectively secured on the display sides 14 of the fourmain boards 10, and two boards 34 may be disposed on top and bottom tocover the space surrounded by the four assembled main boards 10 toprevent any dust or unwanted objects from entering into said space.Thus, an attractive four sided show stand shown in FIG. 6 may beconstructed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a long show stand including a pluralityof show stands according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the presentinvention. The structure of the show stand of the fourth embodiment ofthe present invention is similar to that of the third embodimentdescribed above except that the show stand is of greater length usingten main boards 10, ten sets of display parts 20 and ten sets ofsecuring elements 30, wherein four sets of the main boards 10 arearranged in a same row on two opposite sides of the long stand and areserially connected and positioned at 180 degrees to each other. A personof ordinary skill may easily deduce the technique of assembling thevarious parts in view of the above description to construct the longshow stand shown in FIG. 8, and therefore a detail description thereofis omitted herein.

Thus, as can be seen from the above description, the present inventionprovides a much more comprehensive assembly parts for constructingattractive show stand of various size and shape that can be easilyassembled together.

While the invention has been described in conjunction with a specificbest mode, it is to be understood that many alternatives, modifications,and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light ofthe foregoing description. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace allsuch alternatives, modifications, and variations in which fall withinthe spirit and scope of the included claims. All matters set forthherein or shown in the accompanying drawings are to be interpreted in anillustrative and non-limiting sense.

What is claimed is:
 1. A show stand, comprising: at least a main board,comprising a plurality of slots; a set of display parts, each displaypart comprising a plurality of tongues and each tongue having a securingslot, wherein said tongues of said set of display parts can be insertedinto corresponding slots from a display side of said main board suchsaid tongues protrude out of an assembling side of said main boardopposite to the display side thereof; and a set of securing elements,for removably inserting into the securing slots of the tonguesprotruding out of the assembly side of the main board to securelyassemble said set of display parts on the main board.
 2. The show standaccording to claim 1, wherein said main board comprises two oppositefolded sides including a plurality of slots for connecting with anothermain board using securing elements.
 3. The show stand according to claim1, wherein said display parts comprise foldable decks, flat boards,wings, poster boards or hanging boards.
 4. The show stand according toclaim 2, wherein said securing elements comprises a plurality of T shapeplates.
 5. The show stand according to claim 1, wherein the show standcomprises two main boards, and wherein display sides thereof arepositioned in opposite directions.
 6. The show stand according to claim1, wherein the show stand comprises four main boards arrangedperpendicular to each other.
 7. The show stand according to claim 1,wherein the show stand comprises ten main boards, and wherein four mainboards are arranged in a row with two rows arranged in opposite sides.8. The show stand structure according to claim 1, wherein said mainboard comprises a plurality of holes for positioning power cords.
 9. Thedisplay stand according to claim 1, wherein said securing elementscomprises a plurality of plates, wherein said plates are securely fittedinto said securing slots of the tongues, or said plates are embeddedinto another plate and said tongues of said display parts are insertedinto said slots of said main board such that said tongues protrude outof said assembling side of said main board after penetrating throughsaid slots of said main board.
 10. The display stand according to claim2, wherein said securing elements comprise a plurality of plates and asecuring pin with a plurality of tongues, wherein said plates are fittedinto securing slots of said tongues, or said plates are embedded intoanother plate and said tongues of said display parts are inserted intosaid slots of said main board such that said tongues protrude out ofsaid assembling side of said main board after penetrating through saidslots of said main board and secured by embedding with another plate,and wherein said securing pin comprises a tongue to fit into a slotpositioned correspondingly on another main board.
 11. The display standaccording to claim 2, wherein said securing elements comprise aplurality of plates and a plurality of securing boards, wherein saidplates are fitted into securing slots of said tongues for securelypositioning said plates and said securing boards are positioned on a topor a bottom of said stand.